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    SUPER easy piano music

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Rather than books, I'd like to recommend Hoffman Academy online piano lessons.  They do sell books to accompany the lessons, but the books don't work well alone. The books are really companions to the video lessons.  My daughters and I have learned piano so quickly with his lessons.  We love them!! We're also premium members and the content is great. 

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    SOTW3 - how much in a week?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Can you please tell me a bit about your book of centuries? I have been thinking about starting something like that for her, but not really sure how to go about it.

     

    Sure.  It's essentially a timeline in a notebook.  I used the free download from here:

     

    http://simplycharlottemason.com/store/basic-book-of-centuries/

     

    We have varied dd's entries from drawing a picture and writing some sentences to just writing several sentences.  The website above also goes into more detail of what it is and how to use it.  I find it's a nice way to have dd record the main points as well as a date for what we learned.  I always have her enter a date.  Also, the entries usually contain a place and a person. 

    Recorder curriculum recommendations?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    It looks like the difference between the quick and new is that the quick has less songs and it doesn't teach 2 harder time signatures. Did she do all the content from the new?

     

    I just asked her and she said she didn't do the entire book, but she did at least half.  I hadn't ever asked. *blush*  It was just one of those books I got "for fun." 

    SOTW3 - how much in a week?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    One of the beauties of SOTW is you can easily go deeper, covering less material, or stick with just the text.  When dd was younger, we used to cover a chapter a week, but didn't do many or any outside activities, really.  We didn't read the whole chapter in one sitting, though.  We broke it up, reading history on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

     

    Now we cover a section of a chapter per week, meaning that we cover one chapter in two weeks.  This means we spend two years on one volume.  We delve deeper now with the map work, additional reading from the activity book and in KIHW.  I also have dd write in her "Book of Centuries" about what we read that day. 

    Struggling reader, feeling like a failure. Need hugs.

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Hey, Just wanted to add my experience.  I was one of those early readers myself, reading at age 3, but dd was just reading Bob books at age 6.  She couldn't read beyond that level until she was about 6.5, when her reading took off and she could read anything we put in front of her face.  It was wonderful to see.  Until that happened, though, we just continued to do 20 minutes or so of reading practice daily until she got it.  I trusted in her timetable and for us, that was the best thing to do. 

    Anyone want to ponder next year? Fifth Grade?

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    My tentative plan:

     

    CLP Building Spelling Skills 5

    R&S English 5

    CLE Reading 500

    CLE Math 500 or Horizons Math 4...still deciding

    Artistic Pursuits Elem. 4-5, Book 1

    Christian Kids Explore Chemistry

    SOTW 3

     

     

    Lots and lots of reading good books..dd loves to read!!

    Typing Instructor probably

    Logic...not sure yet...I own Logic Liftoff and Logic Countdown

     

    Ballet, Tap, Choir

     

    I may throw in some Wordsmith Apprentice here and there.  Also GUM Drops 5.  DD loves GUM Drops.  Also some Evan Moor Daily Geography Practice here and there.

     

     

    BTW...what is MP geography?  I've seen it posted several times.  Is it MCP geography?

     

     

     

     

     

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